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After spending more than two years twisting herself in rhetorical pretzels to avoid giving a straight answer on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Hillary Clintons long nightmare is finally over.
Clinton made good on the promise she delivered last week to finally take a public position on the pipeline soon, on whose fate the Obama administration has dragged its feet deciding.
I oppose it, Clinton said in response to a question on the pipeline while campaigning in Iowa Tuesday. I oppose it because I dont think, I dont think its in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change.
Clinton said the pipeline was a distraction for the work we have to do to combat climate change and said we need to move beyond the issue. I thought this would be decided by now. And therefore, I could tell you whether I agreed or I disagreed. But it hasnt been decided, and I feel now Ive got a responsibility to you and other voters who ask me about this, she added....
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-finally-comes-out-against-keystone-pipeline via msnbc
shenmue
(38,506 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)accusations. Just garbage over and over.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Tommy2Tone
(1,307 posts)Particularly the highlighted part.
After spending more than two years twisting herself in rhetorical pretzels to avoid giving a straight answer on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Hillary Clintons long nightmare is finally over.
Pretty disgusting and makes her whole announcement seem like a political move. I especially find it disturbing in the Hillary Group. We can do better.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)against Hillary around here.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)I am glad Hillary finally spoke out on this.
Hillary's Keystone pivot draws greens' cheers
But Republicans mock her for waiting until D.C. was 'distracted' with the pope's visit.
By Elana Schor and Annie Karni
09/22/15, 04:42 PM EDT
Updated 09/22/15, 09:08 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton's left turn on the Keystone XL oil pipeline won her heaps of praise Tuesday from the same climate activists who had spent five years denouncing her silence on the most divisive environmental controversy of Barack Obama's presidency.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-keystone-pipeline-opposes-213941#ixzz3mZJtpMwa
riversedge
(70,299 posts)eve retweeted
Marv Dawson ?@Marv_Vien 12h12 hours ago
Hillary delayed coming out against KXL out of respect for admin, which I don't expect haters to understand since they bash Obama as well.